Master Program Tuition

Registration and More Information

Spring 2011 course registration for all graduate students are due in the Offices for Graduate Education by November 30, 2010.
PLEASE NOTE: Registrations received after this date will result in a $150 late charge to the student’s account.

Current matriculated MS students: will receive registration materials and information in your student mail box. Please submit all documents to Diana Julian by Nov. 23rd, to ensure we can process and submit to OGE by the Nov. 30 deadline.

Non-matriculated students & Post-graduate Students: for more information on a course, or to have registration materials sent to you, please click here and complete our "Pre-Registration" form, or contact:

Deadline November 30, 2010.
PLEASE NOTE: Registrations received after this date will result in a $150 late charge to the student’s account.

Please Note: Registration forms for any courses offered through Family Programs need to be submitted to the Training Program office at the above address. Please do NOT submit directly to Registrar, Bursar, or HR Offices. Thank you.

Spring 2011 MS MFT Course Descriptions

Group Therapy Group Supervision

This course is available to group clinicians who are currently leading treatment groups. Participants present case and videotaped material of groups they facilitate in their practice. Group therapy is a unique medium for therapy, and specialized supervision and training related to group process is a requirement for certification. The course instructor is a Certified Group Psychotherapist, and class hours can be credited toward the 75-hour group supervision requirement of the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists.

Training in Group Psychotherapy Supervision

This course is available to senior clinicians who have met the requirements for group therapy certification and who are currently engaged in facilitating group supervision or clinical treatment groups. This course requires case presentation and participants will be required to participate in a supervision group experience. Participants are provided with an experiential opportunity to explore and integrate differences through learning about parallel processes in the supervisor, supervise, and patient group.

Clinical Assessment in Family Therapy

PSI 542 / CRN 60894 / 3.0 credit hours

This course prepares students for working with families through advanced readings in family therapy interviewing, role play, and videotape review of faculty and others. The course will also provide students with their first experience with supervised clinical work. Initially cases will be seen conjointly by the student and faculty and then seen in live supervision.

Family Therapy Ethics and Professional Practice

PSI 548 / CRN 60900/ 3.0 credit hours

In Ethics students will learn the AAMFT Ethical code expectations dealing with such issues as confidentiality, dual relationships, individuals and family welfare, etc. Relevant legal guidelines and professional practice standards are also reviewed. Students will also address personal issues related to the impact of values, beliefs, race, ethnicity on the practice of family therapy.

Family Law, Policy and Social Systems

PSI 564 / CRN 69713/ 3.0 credit hours

Marriage and Family Therapy trainees (MFTTs) demonstrate their ability to work collaboratively and in an informed manner with legal professionals practicing in civil and criminal justice settings (Family Law Practice Attorneys, Judges, Public Defenders, Assistant District Attorneys, Private Bar Defense Attorneys, and Police Officers). Instruction is provided through readings about court structures, legal statutes, appropriate professional conduct and collaboration when MFTTs interface with the systems mentioned above, including a review of proper chart documentation. Role-plays, simulated court appearances, field experiences (Ride-A-Long with the police, observation of court in session, interviews), report writing and live supervision, as available, constitute the content of the course. The course attends to the scopes of practice, strengths, frustrations and barriers to helping families as experienced by these various professional groups—all of which affects clinical practice.

Child-Focused Family Therapy

PSI 574 / CRN 60933 / 3.0 credit hours

In this course students will learn about child development including an overview of both normal and abnormal development. Students will also learn how to work with children clinically in the context of family therapy.

All master degree students, subject to advisor’s approval will complete a masters project which will be designed by the student in conjunction with his/her advisor and the Director. The focus of the project will be clinical, reflecting the student’s cumulative theoretical and clinical learning.

Masters Project II

PSI 586 (1.5 credit hours per semester)
Note: This course is open only to matriculated students in the Masters Program in Marriage and Family Therapy, that have successfully completed MP I.